话头 (話頭) huàtóu

  1. huàtóu noun a subject
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Of a discussion, etc; in the sense of 话题 (CC-CEDICT '話頭'; Guoyu '話頭' 2)
  2. huàtóu noun a prolog
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: At the start of a play (Guoyu '話頭' 1)
  3. huàtóu noun news; correspondence
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 音讯 or 消息 (Guoyu '話頭' 3)
  4. huàtóu noun topic of inquiry
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '話頭' 4)
  5. huàtóu noun pass phrase
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '話頭' 5)
  6. huàtóu noun huatou; keyword /topic of meditative inquiry
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: As a topic of meditation in Chan Buddhism (BL 'huatou', p. 358)

Contained in

  • 看话头(看話頭) investigation of the meaning of a keyword
  • 参话头(參話頭) Inquire into the Expressions ; contemplate the head phrase (of a gongan) ; meditation on a huatou; huatou technique

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

  • Scroll 1 Whip for Spurring Students Onward Through the Chan Barrier Checkpoints (Changuan Cejin) 禪關策進 — count: 46
  • Scroll 1 Chan Zong Jue Yi Ji 禪宗決疑集 — count: 25
  • Scroll 28 Quotations from Chan Master Dahui Pujue 大慧普覺禪師語錄 — count: 8
  • Scroll 3 Wan Song Laoren Ping Chang Tian Tong Jue Heshang Song Gu Congrong An Lu 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 — count: 5 , has English translation
  • Scroll 4 Quotations from Abbot Xu Tang 虛堂和尚語錄 — count: 5
  • Scroll 5 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 4 , has English translation
  • Scroll 26 Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 景德傳燈錄 — count: 4 , has English translation
  • Scroll 29 Quotations from Chan Master Dahui Pujue 大慧普覺禪師語錄 — count: 4
  • Scroll 7 Zi Men Jing Xun 緇門警訓 — count: 4
  • Scroll 4 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 4 , has English translation

Collocations

  • 话头来 (話頭來) 還我話頭來 — Quotations from Chan Master Yunmen Kuangzhen 雲門匡真禪師廣錄, Scroll 1 — count: 12
  • 举话头 (舉話頭) 但舉話頭時 — Quotations from Chan Master Dahui Pujue 大慧普覺禪師語錄, Scroll 19 — count: 10
  • 话头上 (話頭上) 話頭上疑破 — Quotations from Chan Master Dahui Pujue 大慧普覺禪師語錄, Scroll 28 — count: 9
  • 记得话头 (記得話頭) 長老還記得話頭麼 — Quotations from Chan Master Yuanwu Foguo 圓悟佛果禪師語錄, Scroll 19 — count: 6
  • 举起话头 (舉起話頭) 勇猛舉起話頭 — Chan Zong Jue Yi Ji 禪宗決疑集, Scroll 1 — count: 5
  • 话头时 (話頭時) 但舉話頭時 — Quotations from Chan Master Dahui Pujue 大慧普覺禪師語錄, Scroll 19 — count: 5
  • 话头提 (話頭提) 向所舉話頭提撕 — Quotations from Chan Master Dahui Pujue 大慧普覺禪師語錄, Scroll 27 — count: 4
  • 转话头 (轉話頭) 便謂問東答西裂轉話頭 — Quotations from Chan Master Yuanwu Foguo 圓悟佛果禪師語錄, Scroll 17 — count: 4
  • 撕话头 (撕話頭) 若於正提撕話頭時 — Quotations from Chan Master Dahui Pujue 大慧普覺禪師語錄, Scroll 27 — count: 4
  • 随话头 (隨話頭) 隨話頭而行 — Whip for Spurring Students Onward Through the Chan Barrier Checkpoints (Changuan Cejin) 禪關策進, Scroll 1 — count: 4